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Ralph Muller and a six-member Advisory Panel will lend their expertise to the development of interesting and provocative editorial coverage of the interdisciplinary field of instrumenta tion CHEMISTRY will start the ANALYTICAL year 1969 with a revamped, ex panded, and strengthened monthly in strumentation feature. The articles, with Dr. Ralph H. Muller as Con tributing Editor, will be written by eminent specialists with broad ex perience and competence in their fields, often representing other scientific spe cialities, and will focus on some facet of a measurements system and indi cate trends which can have impact on analytical practices. D r . Millier, of the Department of Chemistry, Louisi ana State University, Baton Rouge, will call upon his many years of ex perience as a professor and consultant, and his 23 years as author of the monthly instrumentation column in ANALYTICAL
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commentary on each of the invited articles. To aid the editors in choosing topics and authors, a panel of six experts has been appointed. Photo graphs and brief biographies of this panel appear below. The first few issues of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY in 1969 will contain articles on the Josephson effect and its applica tion to sensitive galvanometers and in frared detectors by Dr. J. Matisoo of International Business Machines, and on instrumentation for kinetics mea surements by Dr. Harry Mark of the University of Michigan and Theodore Weichselbaum and William H. Plumpe, Jr. of Sherwood Medical Industries, Inc. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY hopes that
this emphasis on measurement systems will encourage analytical chemists to broaden and deepen their knowledgeability in closely related disciplines and to stimulate the cross-fertilization of ideas and provoke original and useful thinking in analytical problem solv ing. Readers are invited to make sug gestions of potentially interesting topics and authors for this continuing feature.
Glenn L. Booman is a research chem ist in the Analytical Chemistry Branch . .aw··..-, « Λ of Idaho Nuclear Corporation at the Atomic EnCommisergy National sion's Testing Reactor located Station near Idaho Falls, Idaho. He re ceived his B.A. (mathematics) in 1951 from Western Washington College and his Ph.D. (analytical chemistry) in 1954 from the University of Washing ton. Before transferring to Idaho Nu clear in 1966, he was with Phillips Petroleum Company at the same loca tion. Dr. Booman's interests are in electroanalytical chemistry, electro chemical kinetics, and analytical instru mentation. He has been active in the application of operational amplifier and digital techniques to electroanalyti cal instruments and has contributed papers on the construction and theory of operation of such instruments in volving feedback control. Dr. Booman is presently Chairman of the Idaho Section of ACS.
Robert L. Bowman, M.D., is Chief of the Laboratory of Technical De velopment, National Heart In stitute, National institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, where he has been de veloping instru mental methods since 1951. His contributions in clude instruments for spectrofluorometry, gas chromatography, chloride titrimetry, ultramicro methods, and
artificial organs. He received his M.D. degree from New York University Col lege of Medicine in 1942, and after in ternship and military service held med ical research appointments at New York University Medical School before com ing to National Institutes of Health. He was recipient of the American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Instrumentation in 1967.
Jonathan W . Amy was born in Dela ware, Ohio, in 1923. His formal educa tion includes a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan, in 1948, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue Uni versity in 1950 and 1955. Since that time he has remained on the chemistry depart ment staff at Purdue to establish a pro gram in chemical instrumentation. This program includes spectroscopic service laboratories, instrument con struction, modification, and repair. An "instrument library" has been estab lished for use by the department in both teaching and research. Consultation services are offered for both the staff and students on instrumental and ex perimental problems. Short courses have been offered on new instrumental techniques. This group has also worked closely with new staff members in establishing research programs. Spe cial research interests have included molecular spectroscopy, gas chromatog raphy, mass spectrometry, and data handling. Dr. Amy has served as a consultant in chemical instrumentation and as a member of the board of direc tors of several companies and labora tories. VOL. 4 0 , NO. 14, DECEMBER
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Jack W. Frazer is in charge of ana lytical chemistry operations at Lawrenoe Kadiation Laboratory, Livermore, Califor nia. H e was born in 1924 in Forest Grove, Oregon, and served as a pilot with the A r m y Air Force during World W a r I I . H e received a B.S. in chemistry from Hardin-Simmons University in 1948, and was a chemist with Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1948-53. M r . Frazer has been at Lawrence Radiation Labora tory since 1953. His principal interests are computer automation in analytical chemistry, development of analytical methods involving gas analyses, a n d in organic syntheses. Howard V. Malmstadt received a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1943. A l ter two years as a R a d a r Officer for a division of de stroyers in t h e Pacific, he re turned to the Uni versity of Wiscon sin where he earned an M.S. degree (1948), a Ph.D. degree (19o0), and remained for a year as a postdoctoral research as sociate. H e joined the University of Illinois in 1951 and was made a full professor in 1961. H e was a Guggen heim Fellow in 1960 and was the 1963
Analytical Chemistry Summer Fellowship Program The Division of Analytical Chemis t r y of the American Chemical Society announces its Summer Fellowship Pro gram for 1969. These fellowships, awarded by the Division and sponsored with the aid of several industrial or ganizations and scientific groups, sup port summer research for students in analytical chemistry. They carry a stipend of $800 plus tuition and fees. I n 1967, five such fellowships were awarded ; the successful nominees were : James G. Oonnery, St. John's Univer sity; William C. Flythe, Howard Uni versity; John D . Gorsuch, Massachu setts Institute of Technology; Gary Horlick, University of Illinois; a n d Gary R. Wiley, Illinois Institute of Technology.
winner of the ACS Award in Chemical Instrumentation. H e was the 1964 na tional chairman of t h e ACS Analytical Division and is on the Advisory Coun cil of College Chemistry. His major areas of research are in time-resolved spectroscopy, short-time phenomena in sparks, laser plumes and flames, fast reaction-rate methods, and automation. He is the author or coauthor of more than 70 technical publications a n d the book, "Electronics for Scientists."
William F . Ulrich received his B.S. degree (1949) from Southern Illinois University and Ph.D. degree (1952) from the University of Illi nois. From 1952 to 1956, he was an analytical chemist with Shell Devel opment Co. in Houston, then joined Beckman Instruments, Inc., where he is Manager, Applications R e search in the Scientific Instruments D i vision. H e h a s published over 30 p a pers, mostly on absorption spectros copy. I n 1962 he was Chairman of the Southern California Section of the SAS and served as Meeting Chairman for the 1st Annual Pacific Conference on Spectroscopy. Currently, he is a member of ASTM Committee E-13 and the SAMA Subcommittee on Atomic Absorption. H e is a Councilor for the Orange County Section of the ACS and National Treasurer of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. The number of fellowships to be awarded in 1969 will depend upon the number and strength of applications received and upon the extent of fi nancial support received from divisional members and other organizations. Summer Fellowships were awarded in 1968 in the names of the Eastern Ana lytical Symposium, the Division of Analytical Chemistry, the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, Consolidated Electrodynamics C o r p . / Bell and Howell, and personal contribu tors to the Division. For eligibility, students must have completed a t least one academic year of graduate study, and must be en gaged in research on a subject appro priate for publication in ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY. Also, only those students who are not terminal graduate students will be considered—i.e., the graduate student must return for a t least one quarter or semester of further gradu-
NEWS ate -study following the summer of his fellowship. Although the research would normally be a continuation of that already in progress, the student might desire to participate in a special summer research project elsewhere, for example, in a government laboratory. Nominations should be made by the student's research supervisor, and should be accompanied by a completed application blank (to be filled in by the student), transcripts of the student's undergraduate and graduate records, and a statement of 250 words or less describing the research program proposed for the summer of the fellowship. The student shall request one more supporting letter of recommendation besides that of his research supervisor (the original nomination of the research supervisor shall constitute his recommendation.) Application blanks are available from, and all material concerning the nomination should be submitted t o : Dr. James C. White, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Deadline for receipt of all information is February 1, 1969. A special award committee will announce the recipients of the fellowship on March 15, 1969. Members of the Division of Analytical Chemistry are urged to make voluntary contributions to the Division Secretary in support of this program. In addition, the Division invites the cooperation of industrial and other sponsors to support an entire fellowship (which will be named for or by the sponsor at his request). Details on sponsorship may be obtained by writing to Dr. White. The Summer Fellowship Program is intended to foster the development of the next generation of analytical chemists and to attract to the ranks of analytical chemistry the finest young minds in our universities. The magnitude of the program and the extent of its success will be determined by the degree to which it is assisted financially and by the number of outstanding candidates who are encouraged to apply.
W i n t e r Gordon Research Conferences The Winter Gordon Research Conferences will be held January 20 to 31, 1969, in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the Miramar Hotel. Subjects of concern this year are electrochemistry, January 20 to 24, and polymers, January 27 to 31. Isaac Trachtenberg is Chairman of the sessions on electrochemistry; Fred Anson is Vice Chairman. The polymer conferences are chaired by Charles L. Segal; Jack R. Knox is Vice Chairman.
The scheduled part of the conference on electrochemistry is given below. Attendance at the conferences is limited. Those interested in attending or those wishing more information on the meetings should write to Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R. I. 02881.
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D y n a m i c Analysis of Porous Electrodes. A. A. P i l l a , U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y Electronics Command Influence of Electrode S t r u c t u r e on Ope r a t i o n of Porous Gas Electrodes. E. A. G r e n s , U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley Photoelectrochemistry. D. L. M a r i c l e , A m e r i c a n C y a n a m i d Co. Photoemission from Mercury Elect r o d e s . R. d e L e v i e , G e o r g e t o w n U n i versity Wednesday, Jan. 22 Theory a n d Application of Disc a n d Ring-Disc Electrodes. John Albery, Oxford University, England S o m e Recent Applications of Ring-Disc Electrodes. Stanley Bruckenstein, University of Minnesota O p e n Session Thursday, Jan. 23 T h e o r y a n d Application of Disc a n d Ring-Disc Electrodes (continued). A. C. R i d d i f o r d , U n i v e r s i t y of V i c t o r i a , C a n a d a ; E. A. Y e a g e r , Case W e s t e r n Reserve University Application of Digital C o m p u t e r s t o Electrochemistry. D. M . M o h i l n e r , Colorado State University Discussion Digital C o m p u t e r Analysis of Double Layer M e a s u r e m e n t s . D. M . M o h i l ner, C o l o r a d o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y Digital S i m u l a t i o n of Electrochemical Processes. Stephen F. Feldberg, Brookhaven National Laboratory T h e C o m p u t e r as a n Electrochemical Instrument. George Lauer, North American Rockwell Corp.
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NEWS LSU S y m p o s i u m P r o g r a m The program for the Louisiana State University Twenty-Second Annual Symposium on Modern Methods of Analytical Chemistry is given below. The meeting will be held January 20 to 23 a t Baton Rouge, La. F u r t h e r information is available from James W . Robinson, Dept. of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803
Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy. Edward G. Brame, Jr., E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Bldg. 353, Room 18, Wilmington, Del. 19898
Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Allan P. Gray, Analytical Department, The Perkin-Elmer Corp., Norwalk, Conn. 06852
Electron Microscopy. H. FernandezMoran, Department of Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, III. 60637,
Photoelectron—Spectroscopy. David M. Hercules, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 02139
Recent Developments in Solvent Extraction- Henry Freiser, Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. 8 5 7 2 1
Problems in Environmental Trace Analysis. David N. Hume, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 0 2 1 3 9
I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i o n of P u r e a n d A p p l i e d C h e m i s t r y President: Prof. V. N. Kondratiev, U.S.S.R. Secretary General: D r . R. Morf, Switzerland Treasurer: Prof. John C. Bailar, Jr., U.S.A. Secretariat : 2-3 Pound Way, Cowley Centre, Oxford, England Telephone: Oxford 70125
Below is a report on the activities of the Analytical Division of ITJPAC. T h e large number of projects under investigation should be of interest to readers of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION The Analytical Chemistry Division Committee, the present members being:
PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR
P. W. WEST, U.S.A. President W. KEMULA, Poland Vice-President I. P. ALIMARIN, U.S.S.R. R. BELCHER, U.K. C. DUVAL, France.
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PROFESSOR L. ERDEY, Hungary. PROFESSOR T. FUJINAGA, Japan. PROFESSOR D. N. HUME, U.S.A. PROFESSOR H. KAISER, Germany. MR. R. W. FENNELL Secretary, Materials Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants., U.K.
The bulk of the scientific work of the Division is done by the seven Commissions, whose terms of reference are the study of topics of international scientific or technical significance requiring agreement, régularisation, standardisation or codification with the sphere of their respective expertise. Brief summaries of the work currently being done by these Commissions follow. Requests for further information or suggestions for future projects should be addressed to the appropriate Commission Secretary or, in case of doubt, to the Division Secretary,
Commission 2. Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis
Commission 1 .
Studies are being carried out, on an international basis, on the elemental analysis of organic materials, in particular :
Analytical Reactions and Reagents
Chairman: PROFESSOR H. MALISSA
Institut fur Analytische Chemie und Mikrochemie Technische Hochschule, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060 WIEN, Austria, At the present time, this Commission is concerned entirely with standardisation of analytical methods required by the European Economic Community with whom IUPAC has a working agreement.
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Service central de Microanalyse du CNRS, 2, Rue H.-Dunant, 94 Thiais, France.
a) carbon and hydrogen, especially in compounds containing heteroelements b) fluorine c) nitrogen, based on the Dumas method d) metals, excluding simple residue procedures. In addition, known sources of errors in microanalysis are being collated and studies being made on the purification of chemicals used for micro and trace analysis and on mass absorption coefficients used in electron beam microanalysis.
Laser-Raman, and Rapid Scan UV and Process Control UV Analysis. D. O. Landon, Spex Industries, Inc., 3 8 8 0 Park Ave., Metuchen, N. J . 0 8 8 4 0
Applications of Resolved Spectroscopy. David W. Steinhaus, University of California, P. 0 . Box 1 6 6 3 , Los Alamos, Ν. Μ. 8 7 5 4 4
Contribution of Gel Permeation to Poly mer Analysis. John C. Moore, The Dow Chemical Co., B-1214 Bldg., Freeport, Texas 7 7 5 4 1
Third Toronto Symposium on Thermal Analysis
Atomic Absorption Flame Emission Spectrometry for Major Constituents. Theodore C. Rains, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 2 0 2 3 4
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meeting will feature three half-day ses sions with in-depth presentations from 10 well-known scientists in areas de voted to : Frontiers in Thermoanalytical Techniques; Quantitative Thermal Analysis; and Frontiers in Thermoanalytical Applications. A fourth half-day session will contain a series of short reports on new method ology. At the banquet, the second Mettler Award in Thermal Analysis {Continued on page Jfi A)
The Toronto Section of the Chemi cal Institute of Canada will hold its Third Symposium on Thermal Analysis at "The I n n on the Park," Toronto, Canada, February 25 to 26, 1969. The
Analytical Nomenclature
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Electroanalytical Chemistry
Chairman:
Chairman :
PROFESSOR R. BELCHER (U.K.)
PROFESSOR I. M. KOLTHOFF (U.S.A.)
Secretary:
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PROFESSOR T. S. WEST,
DR. P. ZUMAN,
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, Kensington, London, S.W.7, U.K.
Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham 15, U.K.
Internationally acceptable nomenclature, definitions and symbols are being sought in the following areas of analytical interest—
The purification and purity of solvents and reagents of interest in electroanalytical chemistry is a continuing project of the Commission. Other projects include : a) the compilation of physico-chemical data in non-aque ous media b) the production of polarographic data cards and critical evaluation of polarographic procedures c) studies on solid electrodes d) the revision of tables of oxidation-reduction potentials.
a) b) c) d) e) f) g)
liquid-liquid distribution (solvent extraction) automatic analysis ion exchange chromatography scales of working mass spectrometry contamination phenomena in analytical precipitation.
The Commission is also compiling a list of trivial names of analytical reagents and examining the need for primary standards other than acid-base standards. Other projects under consideration are the concept of a selectivity index and the presentation of analytical methods for publication.
Commission 4. Spectrochemical and Other Optical Procedures
Chairman: PROFESSOR H. KAISER (Germany)
Secretary: PROFESSOR V. A. FASSEL,
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50010, U.S.A. The Commission is concentrating its efforts on nomencla ture, symbols and usage in atomic spectrochemical analysis. The first part of its report, dealing with atomic emission spectroscopy, is being finalised and work is proceeding to cover : a) flame atomic absorption and atomic fluorescence spec troscopy b) X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (including X-ray microprobe techniques) c) excitation source descriptions and parameters d) terms and concepts related to rigorous determination of detection limits. Pending the standardisation of concepts and procedures for establishing detection limits, a project on the compilation of lists of minimal detectable concentrations is in abeyance.
Commission 6.
Equilibrium Data
Chairman: PROFESSOR Y. MARCUS (Israel)
Secretary: DR. F . J. C. ROSSOTTI,
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, U.K. The Commission is actively engaged on the compilation and revision of data under the following headings : a) stability constants b) distribution and solubility constants c) ion-exchange equilibrium constants d) stability constants of complexes Commission 7. Analytical Radiochemistry and Nuclear Materials
Chairman: DR. G. B. COOK (U.K.)
Secretary: DR. W. W. MBINKE,
National Bureau of Standards, Chemistry Division, Washington, D. C, 20234, U.S.A. Studies are being made on : a) the purity of commercial radioactively labelled prep arations b) the use of radioactive methods in analytical chemistry c) national regulations for the use of small quantities of radioisotopes d) reference materials for activation analysis The limits of reliability in the analysis of nuclear materials and the results of an intercomparison of laboratory methods for the determination of uranium are being studied. Multi lingual nomenclature and basic reference reports are also being studied.
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NEWS will be presented. Additional events at the symposium include meetings of the North American Society for Thermal Analysis (NAT AS) and exhibits of thermoanalytical instrumentation. For details and registration forms, write to Dr. H. G. McAdie, Ontario Re search Foundation, Sheridan Park, On tario, Canada.
Symposium on Ion-Selective Electrodes The present and future capabilities of ion-selective electrodes will be dis cussed at a Symposium on Ion-Selec tive Electrodes at the National Bureau
of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md., Janu ary 30 to 31, 1969. The symposium, sponsored by the Bureau, will consist of 10 invited papers and will review the theory, characteristics, methodology, and applications of these electrochemi cal sensors. Round-table discussion and question periods at the close of each session will provide a forum for the interdisciplinary exchange of infor mation. The papers and discussions will be published b y NBS as a state-ofthe-art monograph. Further program and registration information is avail able from Dr. Richard A. Durst, Room B326, Chemistry Bldg., National Bu reau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 20234, Tel: (301) 921-2860.
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